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Re: AF's Poetry Contest

I'm not really good at describing poems because I believe that the reader should imply their own meaning to a poem, but I'm going to give it my best shot.

At My Grandmother’s Funeral

I wrote this based on my first experience at a funeral, a grandmother's funeral, at four years old. I understood what I was supposed to feel, but because my grandmother was the evil/hateful person that she was, I just didn't feel any sadness for her. I thought it was an interesting emotional situation, so I wrote a poem about it.

Her hands clasp one another across her
chest. I am confused by the relaxed
smile spread across her pale lips – as if
she’d died in some gentle repose. Her
anguished moans ring in my ears, and
that impersonal curse I’d overheard,
uttered with her last and final breath.

I look up at my father. Tears flood from
his eyes, encircled in a delicate brown -
trails of saltwater travel down his
hallowed cheeks - spent from days
mourning our loss. His jacket sleeve
darkened by what’s been wiped away.

I look back to that open casket with
no ache in my heart for this stiffened,
gentle-faced woman. At four, I understand
death perfectly well. She cannot yell or
scream or call me names anymore. My chest
swells and I exhale with satisfied relief.

~*~

It Leaves the Mouth Wanting

I was inspired to write this poem when I had a dry mouth, and for some reason I thought about being in the desert. I can't really say anything about it beyond that.

Tan dunes roll into blue skies, seamless, forever. I stand
against the sand and wind and flinch as it lacerates
my limbs. Drops of bitter blood find their way into my
mouth, where around and around, my tongue searches for
moisture in the flesh lining of cheeks. I would cry from pain,
but my tears are scorched crumbs of salt, and I am coated, from
head to toe in thick white chalk. My body aches for the humid
swell of a Geogian heat. Here, an angered sun glares into my
skull, tanning me into dried leather, devoid of water.

Mohammad found god in the desert and the Jews, by the graces
of a similar god, found their way home, and I am positive
that Buddha walked on hot sand in his attempts to understand
human misery. Krishna and Loki smile down at me, faces
imprinted in a cloudless sky. Their cackles echo amongst
the dunes, I lay, listening, devout in my meditations
to you, all of you, every last god.

I’ve prayed and let the sun tan my hide for days, yet still
there is just one voice, my voice in your response:

“I never meant for this.”

I ask:

“Where are you?”

Your words, again, my haggard tone:

“Learn.”

I bury my head, deep, and listen to the desert. Its sand fills
my ears with its heat, and speaks in gentle groans:

Re: AF's Poetry Contest

Thanks Judges! After adding up the votes I have determined a final four! Deathblade receives 5th and almost made it, but sadly one vote wasn't enough.

FINAL FOUR
Luzifer
Princess Cupcake
Hollow Ichigo
Pleasant_Disorder

I will be giving you all extended time.. aka ONE week from tommorow to write a 8-14 line poem about "AF". Yes, about anime forum itself. Any type of poetry will do. Post your entry on the thread and good luck!

Re: AF's Poetry Contest

lol With the theme being "AF" I'm actually quite glad for fifth. Writing about AF would either A) be something that no-one gets unless they were on before 2004, B) boring and no one likes, or C) Get me in trouble with a lot of older members. ~.^ I can happily take fifth. Good luck to those going on to the next round. XDDD

Last edited by DeathBlade/13.666; 05-30-2012 at 09:24 PM.

Good ol' Dogs never Die, they just keepin on livin' till their time comes.

I was born in AF Chat, molded by it, I didn't see AnimeForum until a few years after I decided to register my username.

lol With the theme being "AF" I'm actually quite glad for fifth. Writing about AF would either A) be something that no-one gets unless they were on before 2004, B) boring and no one likes, or C) Get me in trouble with a lot of older members. ~.^ I can happily take fifth. Good luck to those going on to the next round. XDDD

That's why I'm making it easier xD. The poem only has ONE limitation now. It must be longer than 8 lines, but can go as long as you like.

Re: AF's Poetry Contest

Really, all I do on this forum is RP...sooooo...guess what my poems about.

Different Worlds Somewhere on the Internet

Lightning crackles at a child-looking woman’s fingertips. Her face
small and round and pale like a full moon. Two men stand in
opposition, and in a flurry of typed words, I have instructed her
to lose, and lose she does.

Backspace to AnimeForum>Interactive>RPG.
Scroll mouse down. Click.

A pirate boy scans maps on an infamous pirate ship for an infamous
pirate captain and knows the ocean’s every current, he's been plotting
to steal Aristotle’s texts, while in another ship’s hull, a large-breasted
doctor pushes her needle through skin and muscle, stitching up their
punishment from the captain himself.

Another woman suturing wounds, tending the many with gentle hands
and tender eyes, but at her commander’s demand, she will stand, ready
to fight and kill for yet another senseless war no one believes in.

Up-right corner. X. Click. AnimeForum.com closed.

Last edited by pleasant_disorder; 05-31-2012 at 10:56 PM.

They're gonna get my gold on the ceiling
Just a matter of time before they steal it
That's alright, ain't no guard in my house.
~ The Black Keys

Re: AF's Poetry Contest

(Since I'm only on the interactive portions I mostly focused on that aspect. Primarily it focus on the void of anonymity that surrounds a forum by its nature as all involved use masks to create their idealized self or the self they cannot be in their own life. From the denouncing of "untalented hacks" to the uplifting of "skilled writers", all these judgement are made prefaced entirely on the fact that our trueselves shall never be seen and our actions bear no meaningful repercussions.)

Re: AF's Poetry Contest

This time, I went with a more lighthearted tone. I did my best to embody the essence of AF in this poem by including various aspects of it's make up. As a long time member, I wrote it through my perspective and some of the activites I see/partake in. I'll admit, it was a challange for me but I enjoyed writing about AF and I hadn't realized it could give me such inspiration. I hope you guys like my poem! This was super cool getting to do the poetry contest and I look forward to more of them in the future =]

But whatever you do,
Don't forget to have fun!
Because it's very important to
Enjoy being a member
Go forth and friend a few
If offline, leave me a message
"Let's meet up in chat"
"Ok, that's where I'll be at ;)"

Bookmarks, saved links, accepted
Anime Forum brightens my screen
The glow of familiarity baths my face in delight
Three clicks, enter, post
It time for the man to go
The Abyss opens to the wandering man
Whom's bittrr face finds true in falsehood
Clcik, click, click
The post is made, my character jumps with the raven fangs
Finally, Yes, Oh Yeah
My friends posts next
They moved their character to the second King's best.
Boom, boom, ahhhhhhhhh
Now I am dead, the pirates heart has been shred
How I enjoy the winds of change
Anime forum will forever be here to stay.